Meetings on the topic of problems

Market Leader Elementary Unit 3, including adjective opposites

Hold whole meetings to think of and/ or discuss solutions to problems, roleplaying the whole meeting each time, starting from the first greetings and ending with saying goodbye. Include at least two different problems to make sure you practise organising the meeting. Before you start roleplaying the meeting, decide who you all are and if you have met before or not. Possible topics

Arguments/ Disagreements

Bathroom/ Toilet

Bugs/ Insects

Complaints

Concentrating

Conference/ Trade fair

Dangers/ Risks

Decoration/ Furniture and fittings

Dirt/ Messiness

Electronics/ Technology

English language learning

Equipment

Exercise/ Sports

Food and drink

Health

Information

Lighting

Meetings/ Teleconferences/ Video conferences

Mistake

Money/ Finances

Noise

Paperwork/ Administration

Power

Presentations

Relationships between co-workers (= colleagues/ workmates)

Reorganisation

Sales

Skills

Smoking

Space

Staffing

Stationery

Stress

Tasks

Telephoning

Temperature

Time

Transport/ Travel/ Commuting/ Business trips

Work spaces

Working hours/ Overtime

Work-life balance

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Useful adjectives

boring – interesting

bright – dark

cheap/ reasonable – expensive/ pricey

clean – dirty

clear – confusing

close/near – far

dangerous/ risky – safe

easy – difficult/ tricky/ hard

flexible – inflexible

hard – soft

heavy – light

high – low

hot – cold

late – early

long – short

messy/ untidy – tidy/ neat

noisy/ loud – quiet/ peaceful

old – new

young – old

relaxed – stressed

relaxing – stressful

reliable – unreliable

slow – fast/ quick

small/ little – big/ large

up to date – out of date

warm – cool

wide – narrow

wrong – right/ correct

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Adjective opposites practice

Without looking above, try to write the opposite of each of the words below. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.